Materials and Techniques

Question 1

Asia -

Answer 1

the world’s largest and most populous continent.

Question 2

It covers

Answer 2

29.4% of the Earth’s land area.

Question 3

Population of

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4 billion people - more than 60% of the world’s current human population.

Question 4

10 materials are:

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jade, silk, porcelain, lacquer, ivory, bamboo, paper, gold, wood, stone

Question 5

Jade is

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a hard stone : 6-7 on Mohs scale of hardness.

Question 6

2 types of Jade

Answer 6

Nephrite : 6-6.5 on Mohs scale of hardness

Jadeite : 6.5-7 on Mohs scale of harness

Question 7

Mohs scale of hardness

Answer 7

chalk = 0, diamond = 10

Question 8

Silk - Caterpillar of domesticated Bombyx more moth:

Answer 8

first made in China - 5th mill BC

Question 9

Sericin

Answer 9

substance secreted by caterpillar to create thread

Question 10

Porcelain

Answer 10

high-firing white clay (1300 degree C) - purity, translucence, resonance

Question 11

Jingdezhen (Porcelain)

Answer 11

large porcelain producing city in Southern China from 13rd century

Question 12

Underglaze Blue (Porcelain)

Answer 12

cobalt oxide painted onto clay, covered with transparent glaze.

Question 13

Overglaze enamels (Porcelain)

Answer 13

low-firing colored glazes painted onto the glaze after the main porcelain firing. Then pieces are fired again at a lower temperature.

Question 14

Lacquer

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a coating that derives from the sap from a tree - Rhus verliciflua

Question 15

Lacquer makes object

Answer 15

durable - waterproof, heat proof, acid-proof, insect proof

Question 16

Ivory

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a sort of enamel that grows out as tusks from elephants’ heads

Question 17

Bamboo

Answer 17

a type of grass - 1200 different types

Question 18

Symbolic of Bamboo in East Asia of

Answer 18

flexibility and integrity …. admirable virtues for scholar gentleman

Question 19

Ganesha

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Hindu Elephant-headed god

Question 20

Paper

Answer 20

invented in China in the 2nd century AD - government official called Can Lun

Question 21

Gold: gold-leaf -

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hammered down to 1/200,000ths of an inch in thickness

Question 22

Maki-e

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“sprinkled pictures “ - gold and silver powders sprinkled onto wet lacquer

Question 23

Wood

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Bodhi Tree - tree under which the Buddha became enlightened

Question 24

Stone:

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Taihu Rocks - Chinese limestone rocks from bed of prehistoric lakes.
Suiseki - Japanese viewing stones.